<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/bill-ledbetter.html" dsn="news"><item_date>03/28/2018 2:02:00 pm</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image/><firstname>Bill</firstname><middlename/><maidenname/><lastname>Ledbetter</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'69</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed>M.S., '72 Ph.D.</degree-program-completed><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Bill Ledbetter</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>
    
      Bill Ledbetter (’69 M.S., ’72 Ph.D.), Gainesville :: He taught at Cooke County College beginning in 1970 and then practiced law before returning to the college in 2001. At UNT, he was a member of the President’s Council and the 1890 Society for his commitments to the Ledbetter Family Endowment, a scholarship for history students. The fund was established by Bill and his wife Pat (’70 M.A., ’75 Ph.D.) in memory of their daughter, Shay, who was killed by a drunk driver. Bill was a life member of the Alumni Association, and served on the advisory board of the history department, which named him Alumni of the Year in 1997.
    

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